Remedy for syphilis.



- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KALIL DAVID, 013 WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

REMEDY FOR SYPHILIS.

1,086,900. No Drawing.

To all whom it may concern Be. it known that I, KALIL DAVID, a subject of the Ottoman Empire, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Remedy for Syphilis, of which the following is a specification.

The principal ingredient of my remedy is the seed of a plant which is a species of Gon'voloulus growing wild in Arabia and particularly around Damascus and is well known in that region as the neal plant, and known botanically as lpomwa m'l (L) Roth. These seeds are substantially smooth, hairless, black and triangular in cross section. I preferably use the seed in a powdered or comminuted condition.

For an ointment, I employ 1 dr. neal seed, preferably with their shells or-skins, ground, mixed with a suitable quantity of water and the following ingredients: dr. Brduomatvitriol, (ferric sulfate,) 2% dr. asafetida, 3

dr. calomel, 6 dr. ground nuts of the cypress tree, 10 dr. henna (Lawsom'a inermz's). l-ldr. citric acid with or without oxalic acid, 2 dr. sabadilla seed, 4% dr. powdered gall nuts, 3 dr. dried powdered ground leaches. After mixing the above ingredients with water I thoroughly mix the compound with one dr. powdered corrosive sublimate dissolved in water, the mixing being continued until the mass comes to the consistency of putty, when it is ready for use.

As a salve I take 1; lb. of quassia, 1 qt. of grape wine, 1 oz. corrosive-sublimate and put the mixture in a tightly covered pot on a fire; after this mixture is heated I drain ofi the liquid and mix the residue with the following ingredients which have before been.

mixed together in a separate mass: 4 oz.

asafetida, 3 oz. verdigris, 2% oz. s al ammoniac, 1% oz. citric acid with or without oxalic acid, 5 oz. henna, 6 oz. aloes, 4 oz. gall nuts,% oz. zinc sulfate,1 oz. sabadilla seed, 1 0g. sweet or olive oil, %.oz. powdered neal see Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

Application filed February 28, 1913. Serial No. 751,242.

This remedy preferably is emplo ed in con unction with a drastic method 0 treating syphilis, this treatment being so severe that numerous sores appear all over the body as well as internally. The principal ofiice of the salve is to sooth and heal these sores.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. A medicinal salve or ointment for use as an external remedy for syphilis, containing ground smooth black neal seed (lpomwa m'l (L) Roth).

2. A medicinal salve or ointment for use as an external remedy for syphilis containing neal seed (I pomaea; m'l Roth), asafetida, citric acid, sabadilla seed, and corro sive sublimate.

3. A medicinal salve or ointment for use as an external remedy for syphilis containing neal seed (I pomwa m'l (L) Roth,) asafetida, citric acid, sabadilla seed, ferric sulfate, calomel, ground nuts of the cypress tree, ground powdered leaches, and corrosive sublimate.

4. A medicinal salve or ointment for use as an external remedy for syphilis, containing substantially 1 dram ground smooth black neal seed (lmpomaea m'l (L) Roth), 1} dram ferric sulfate, 2%; drams asafetida, 3 drams calomel, 6 drams ground nuts of the cypress tree, 10 drams henha (Laws'om'a inermz's), 1% drams citric a old, 2 drams sabadilla seed, 4%- drams powdered gall nuts,-

and 3 drams dried owdered ground leaches, and one dram pow ered corrosive sublimate, dissolved in water.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of two subscrlbing witnesses. his

KALIL X DAVID. mark Witnesses:-

ALBERT E. FAY, S. SUYDAM. 

